Building/Upgrading a PC for TS2
KatEnigma:
The good news is that you have a PCI-E slot, so basically the only limit is how much do you want to spend on the video card? ;) You can pick up a card more than good enough to play TS2 properly for $100 these days on Newegg.com.
The bad news is that your motherboard only has 2 slots for RAM, so if you want 2 GB, you're going to have to buy 2 1GB sticks. ::) I looked your model # up on HP.com
kewian:
Thats what I noticed..I couldnt find my bobo (cheap) computer on that site so it was hard to tell which one would be right. I was wondering about the ram sticks. I thought it would be like that...thanks for answering that question.
KatEnigma:
Quote from: kewian on 2007 January 29, 15:26:06
Thats what I noticed..I couldnt find my bobo (cheap) computer on that site so it was hard to tell which one would be right. I was wondering about the ram sticks. I thought it would be like that...thanks for answering that question.
HP doesn't let you do direct links to the support pages, but if you plug pressario sr2013wm into this page and then click Product Information, you can access all you need to know about your computer except power supply- none of the manufacturer's give that info :-\. The motherboard specs page even gives you nice pictures and a diagram of where everything is. With some help, your computer won't be half bad, at least not for awhile, it just has that little problem with the RAM- and if it weren't for TS2, you'd be fine with the 512 it came with. Unless you want to upgrade to Vista, 2GB of RAM will serve you, though, and for video card, I'd probably give it a Radeon x800 or Nvidia 7600 and it would be fine. For a Walmart buy, it will serve a couple years. :)
kewian:
HP is stupid and only has 256 mb ram for it. I know I have found 1 and 2 gb out there at newegg. What gives with Hp holding me back? :P
KatEnigma:
LOL They'd overcharge you for it anyway!
Your motherboard supports: * Two 240-pin DDR2 DIMM sockets
* Supports PC 4200 (533 MHz) and PC2 5300 (667 MHz) DDR2 DIMMs
* non-ECC memory only, unbuffered
* Maximum HP/Compaq approved memory is 2 GB
I'd suggest this one or this one if you can find it in stock OCZ makes beautiful RAM,it has the lowest latencies around, and a real lifetime guarantee- just don't take the sticker off, and if it dies at any time, they will replace it with almost no questions asked. I had a stick that was bad when I got it, despite it passing at the store as well as them, and once I said it failed MemTest, that was the end of the discussion. And since they are local to me, I didn't even have to ship it to them, they let me exchange it in person. If they don't have the exact model in stock, they upgrade you. And they don't route you to India either, but that will probably change as they get bigger and more popular. :( But I'm all for rewarding good customer service while it lasts.
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